Job 12:7-25 - If You Want To Learn

⁷ "But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you; ⁸ or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you. ⁹ Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this? ¹⁰ In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}? ¹¹ Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself? ¹² Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.

¹³ "With him [are] wisdom and powerful deeds, and to him [belong] counsel and understanding. ¹⁴ If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed. ¹⁵ Look, [if] he withholds the water, then they dry up; and [if] he sends them out, then they overwhelm [the] land. ¹⁶ "Strength and sound wisdom [are] with him; [the] deceived and [the] deceiver [are] his. ¹⁷ He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes fools of judges. ¹⁸ He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins. ¹⁹ He leads priests away stripped, and he overthrows {the members of ancient families}. ²⁰ He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders. ²¹ He pours contempt on noblemen, and he loosens [the] girdle of [the] mighty. ²² "He uncovers mysteries out of darkness, and he brings deep shadow to the light. ²³ He makes the nations great, then he destroys them; he expands the nations, then he guides them. ²⁴ He strips [away] the insight of the heads of the earth's people, and he makes them wander in {a pathless wasteland}. ²⁵ They grope [in] the dark {without} light, and he makes them stagger like a drunkard.